Mahabharata — Virata Parva, Shloka 81

Devanagari script

निष्पिष्य पाणिना पार्णिं संदष्टौष्ठपुर्ट बली । समाक्रम्य च संक्रुद्धो बलेन बलिनां वर:

Transliteration

niṣpiṣya pāṇinā pārṇiṃ saṃdaṣṭauṣṭha-puṭo balī | samākramya ca saṃkruddho balena balināṃ varaḥ ||

Translation

Вайшампаяна сказал: Могучий Бхима, первый среди сильных, стиснул ладонь о ладонь, прикусил губы между зубами и — всё ещё пылая праведным гневом — вновь бросился на Кичаку с сокрушительной силой.

Word by Word

• निष्पिष्य: having crushed/pressed
• Type: Verb
• Root: निष् + पिष्
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), परस्मैपद, —, —, —

• पाणिना: with (his) hand
• पाणिना: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाणि
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• पार्णिम्: the palm/hand (palm-side)
• पार्णिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्णि
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• संदष्टौष्ठपुटः: with lips pressed (bitten) together
• संदष्टौष्ठपुटः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: संदष्ट + ओष्ठपुट
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• बली: strong, mighty
• बली: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बलिन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• समाक्रम्य: having stepped up/advanced upon
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + आ + क्रम्
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), परस्मैपद, —, —, —

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• संक्रुद्धः: enraged, furious
• संक्रुद्धः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सं + क्रुद्ध
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• बलेन: by force/with strength
• बलेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: बल
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• बलिनाम्: of the strong (men)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बलिन्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• वरः: the best, the foremost
• वरः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Bhīma
• Kīcaka

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Strength is ethically justified when used as disciplined, dharma-aligned force to restrain and punish adharma—here, Bhīma’s anger is directed toward correcting grave wrongdoing rather than indulging in needless violence.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhīma, still furious, rubs his palms, clenches his lips, and forcefully attacks Kīcaka again—intensifying the confrontation in the Kīcaka-vadha (slaying of Kīcaka) sequence.